| Birth |
July 16, 1926 |
Kippenheim, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-WürttembergDeutschland |
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| Emigration |
1937 |
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Stef Wertheimer made aliyah |
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| Education |
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בית הספר היסודי תל-נורדאו (Tel-Nordau School), תל אביב |
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- Stef Wertheimer dropped out of school at age sixteen and started working in a camera repair store. He began studying optics with Professor Emanuel Goldberg, a researcher and inventor who contributed significantly to different aspects of imaging technology in the first half of the twentieth century.
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| Military Service |
1943 |
Royal Air Force (RAF) |
Stef Wertheimer Wertheimer served as an optical equipment technician |
- Stef Wertheimer was sent to Bahrain, where he repaired optical equipment installed in Britain's military aircraft.
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| Military Service |
1945 |
פלוגות מחץ (פלמ"ח Palmach) |
Stef Wertheimer enlisted in the German Unit, as a technical officer |
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| Military Service |
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חטיבת יפתח (Yiftach Brigade) |
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| Occupation |
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רפאל (Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd) |
Stef Wertheimer Wertheimer started working after the war, but was dismissed shortly thereafter because of his lack of formal education. |
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